One evening after a grueling 14-hour shift, I came home to find a toothpick jammed in my front door lock. Frustrated, I tried everything to remove it but failed. I called my brother Danny, who arrived with a toolkit and quickly pulled out the toothpick. “Someone did this on purpose,” he said.

Exactly 24 hours later, it happened again. Danny brought an old security camera and set it up to catch whoever was sabotaging my lock. That evening, I got a video alert — and there was Josh, my ex-boyfriend, carefully jamming a toothpick into the lock.

I called my friend Connor, a tattooed auto-shop owner with a wild streak. Together, we hatched a plan. The next night, I pretended to leave while Connor hid inside, wearing my pink bathrobe. Josh showed up again, toothpick in hand, and Connor burst out, shocking him.

Josh stammered he’d hoped to “help” me and rekindle what we had. I laughed at the absurdity, and Connor threatened to call the cops if he didn’t leave. Defeated, Josh fled.

The next day, I uploaded the video to TikTok. It went viral — millions watched the “toothpick sabotage” saga. Josh’s boss, who turned out to be Amber’s father (the woman Josh was secretly seeing), saw the video. Josh soon disappeared from the company.

Two weeks later, Danny changed my locks for good. “Why not call the police?” he asked. I smiled, “Where’s the fun in that?”

Later, Connor brought pizza, joking, “I’m still waiting for my cut of the TikTok fame.” I laughed — revenge doesn’t need a sledgehammer; sometimes a toothpick and a viral video do the trick.